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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

The members of the Cabinet have
donned their summer clothes, says q
Washington letter. Secretary Whit
ney, who is the best-dressed member
OF the administration, has several suits
of light material which he wears in
regular rotation. Bayard wears black
suit OF light weight and a light-colored
plug hat with a black band. Endi-
colt wears suit of gray. Fairchild
still clings to his closely buttoned
Prince Albert. He thinks such coat
makes him look taller. Villas looks
we'll in new brown suit. Lamar al
ways wears broadcloth. An innovation
IN his attire this year is pair of light
trousers. Garland's summer outfit de-
ties description. His alpaca coat is
cut like an overcoat. It bulges at the
shoulders and flaps around his legs.
A pair Of baggy trousers, white vest,
and straw hat help to complete his
strange attire.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29


the least force. A band fits close ard
the head, with one pole pressing
against the spinal column at the back d
neck. The condemned man stands uu
zinc plate insulated from the floor. III
plate the other pole of the battery is
nected. The instant the current is hi
on from the dynamo machine death ep1
The most humane or merciful meth
that proposed by Jablakoff, the faI
Russian electrician. He suggests a
arm chair with copper arms connected
wires. Wires also run to the metal
upon which the chair stands and
which the feet of the condemned mad
placed. Behind the chair is q pow
coil. The doomed man is seated i
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

chair with his hands resting on the CO
plates, his arms being firmly le
the arms of the chair by straps
very little, except the chair, is
by the victim, and as there is an {,
absence of anything indicating 10 h1
approaching dissolution, this metho|
less terrors than any other. Indeed,
lakotf claims that, if desirable, the q
ton could take place without the
demned having knowlede that bis litd
about to end. A wave of the hand q
executioner, the touching OF a buttod
Us has been suggested, the tipping q
scales of Justice, closes the circuit al
is over.
Somewhat similar to the Hayes-Galj
method is that of Mendez. While 4
all the terrors of the former, it reg
the electricians claim, a greater 4
The doomed man stands upon glass
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29
A Snail's Pace Increased

A snail's pace need not 20 Us;
longer as a term more or less -.
mite. By an interesting expelIlml.'
the Terre Haute Polytechnic " "
certained and reduced to figures,
may now be quoted by perSo4a'
favor the use of exact terms -. ~
dozen of the mollusks were pe .an
to crawl between two points ''s
apart, and the average pace wa ~,
tanned. From this it was easy w ~
to calculate that one snail csn RI RI
mile in Just fourteen days
Post,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

worker, for she has no home ties, and de-
votes all her time and energies to the in
terest of this cause. She was born IN
South Adams, Mass, in 1920, and came of
good old New England stock. When Miss
Anthony was 20 years old, the family re-
moved to Battenwell, N. j. Her father
was Quaker, and in Susan's early life he
objected on principle to all forms of frivol-
GUS amusement, such rs music, dancing,
novel-reading and games, and even pic
ries. This training left deep impression
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

WILLIAM DEMPSEY, Milton (Ga.
man who never touches liquor, recently
caught snake which measured 5 feet 8
inches in length and inches in diam
eter in the center. It resembled boa
constructor slightly, but Mr.. Dempsey
thinks it was bull snake, because,
upon approaching it, it reared its head
and beloved,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

ALAS! the humble bee has spark
of innate depravity and seeks intoxica-
ton in the honey cup of the deep pur-
pie columbine. A sip from this flower
makes the bee dizzy drunk, but no
sooner does he recover than he goes for
it again like an old topper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

G. P. HUNTINGTON, the railroad mag
nate, runs to all the fires in New York
when able. He takes morbid delight
in seeing the flames leap and hearing
them roar, and frequently remains for
hours at CONGREGATIONS. Occasionally
he is accompanied by Mrs. Hunting
ton, who has the same desire in mod
lied form.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29
BUFFALO BILL.
Interesting Story Of His Life and
Adventures, as Related by
Himself.
How he Slew His First Indian, and
Game to Be Called Buffalo
Bill.

The following, written by W. F. Cody,
appeared in recent issue of the London
Globe: I was born in February, 1S45, in
the State Of Iowa. need not go into de-
tails respecting my family, and can dismiss Mss
my youth briefly by saying that when was IS
not on horse was just being thrown on
and my practice with gun was pretty
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

perfectly insulated from the floor. !, =
his head is band of rubber WIN !"
poles of the battery pressing close !; :
the temples. All ready, the sigma ~ -
the dynamo in an adjoining ROOM
mile away, if prepared throws y;
upon the wires attached to the MAI
and without pain life is extinct.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

A RATHER spare old gentleman, with
thin, grayish whiskers and wearing q
pair of highly polished spectacles,
leaned over the counter in the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Companys
ticket Office in San Francisco and asked
for a round-trip ticket to Portland,
Oregon. "Thirty dollars" promptly
responded the clerk. The passenger
laid the gold on the counter and the
clerk pulled ticket out of the case
and handed it toward him with we'll
mixed pen. whats that for?" asked
the passenger, with touch of con-
tempt in his tone and glancing toward
the clerk. "Sign there, please" said the
clerk. II beg your pardon" was Il .
response Of the passenger. "sign the
ticket, please" "No, sir; I decline.
There is no law in Che United States
compelling me to sign steamer or rail
road tickets. There is your money;
give me the ticket" Somewhat ruff
fled, the agent looked at the passenger
and then at the ticket, but did not
touch the money. "What is your name,
sir?" he asked at length. stephen J.
Field, was the reply. Then it dawned
upon the rather dazed mind of the
young man behind the counter that he
was talking to one of the Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States. He quietly stamped the I'M
signed ticket, handed it to the passen-
ger with a subdued air, and then sat
down to reflect.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

A CONSTABLE in Lincoln, Neb., went
to the house Of prisoner in Jail for
cruelty to his wife in order to notify
his wife to appear in court. The pris-
oner in the meanwhile had effected his
escape, and came home in time to find
the constable's team hitched up out
side. He cut the horses loose and
scared them away, and then began
stoning the house. The constable was
still outside and began firing at the
man. They grappled, and the con-
stable was terribly beaten with a club.
A fight for life then took place that
lasted in the darkness and rain till 3
o'clock in the morning. The con-
stables skull was fractured, and he is
beaten and bruised beyond recognition
and cannot recover. The prisoner
flung one stone through the window
and killed his own child.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

second time for the doctor. The doc
tor came in an hour and the dislocation
was corrected without further misshap.
Indianapolis Journal
, 1887-07-29
bishop Talbot at RawlIns.

The Right Rev. Bishop Talbot, for
merly OF Macon, Mo. and lately conse-
Grated bishop of Wyoming and Idaho,
was a visitor of Rawlins Saturday and
Thursday last. On Saturday a reception
was held at st. Thomas parsonage, at
which the leading citizens of the place
were present to tender the bishop a well
come, and from what we can learn, he
impressed all as being a man peculiarly
fitted for the high station to which he has
been called. A congratulatory telegram
was received on the occasion of the bishops
visit by st. Thomas parish through Mr..
Robert Wilson from DR.. Matrau, of
Michigan, who 30 generously aided the
church last year.
, 1887-07-29

A little friend of mine, while visiting
out Of town for 9 few days, enjoyed i'm
mensely the strangeness of his rural sur
%roundings. He had not been out of the
city since he was old enough to take cog
nizance of country ways and character
istics, and his comments on what he saw
occasioned much amusement to his pa
rents and the family where he was visit
ing. The other day, as he sat enjoying u
piece of cake under the shade of the
trees, the hens gathered about him to
catch the crumbs hat fell from his club
by hands, and among them was a Brahma
chicken sparsely provided, as these chick
ems frequently are, with feathers. The
little fellow gazed down with a reproach,
full eye at the chicken so lily provided
with feathery garb, and his protest finally
came: $50 n tell your ma to dress you,
and don't be goin' wound wifout nc
clothes on Boston Budget ''Saun-
~terer."
, 1887-07-29

Now it is a fact, well known and be-
yond dispute. that every animate or in
animate structure responds to some chord
or note of music, called, l believe, the
dominant. We rave all felt some build
ing vibrate in unison with the pulsation
Of some note of n musical instrument;
We have felt creepy shivers run through
us as some musical chord is sounded. II
is well known that animals are strangely
affected by certain harmonies.
Some day, when civilization has adj
vanced, 1 believe that these evidences OF
psychological structure will DO better un-
derstood. 1t will be recognized that vice
and virtue are in accord with different
harmonies, and yield to the power of diff.
ferent dominants; and, when once the
power of classification is made, and the
disclosures of the dominant understood
then the extent and influence of the dom.
inant will be a psychological test to de,
fine the character and ruling passions Of
mems nature, and to decide the fitness Of
men for the various pursuits of life, and
ever for life itself. Arthur Dudley Vim,
ton,
, 1887-07-29

Sealed bids will be received by the
secretary of Wyoming Fair association
until II o'clock noon, Friday, Aug. 20,
1887, for the following stands and privi-
leges on the grounds of the association
during the fair, to be held Sept. 6, 7, 8
and 9, 1887:
One dining hall privilege for warm
meals.
One hot candy and pop corn privilege.
One peanut privilege. One lemonade.
One soda fount. One fruit.
Three lunch stands for sale of cold
lunch with hot coffee.
One privilege for the sale of hay and
straw.
And for such other stands and privi.
leges as the board may allow on the
grounds. Each successful bidder will b.
required to furnish his or their own booth
or tent for carrying on business. excepting
dining hall, which will be located in east
rooms or part of dwelling house. Loca
tons for privileges or stands will be signed
by the executive board on Monday, Sept
8. One half of amount to be paid OF
acceptance of bid one half on Sept. G
The committee reserve the right to rejecI
any or all bids.
By order of Executive Board.
+. w. LAFRENTZ,
Secretary.
Room Q. Collins Block
, 1887-07-29
GARDENS ON THE ROOF.

A Sensible Sort of Summer Vacation-No
Mosquitoes, No Malaria.
mo, | am not going to the country
this summer, " said a rich and decidedly
original friend of mine, the other day. in
New York, in response to the ~stereotyped
question which greets everybody at this
season of the year. IL shall spend II
month in the mountains in the autumn
when the foliage begins to turn, but the
summer | Ia spend in my roof garden"
| suppose l stared at him blankly, for he
laughed, and added: Eyes, my roof gar
den; come up and see it. All the advan-
tages of the country, no mosquitoes, no
malaria, cool air, large airy bedrooms.
house. with all modern improvements,
and all that sort of thing. Come up and
dine with me and l will show you"
We strolled up the avenue and entered
his house, on Murray hill. After a CAPT.
tai dinner my friend smiled as he led the
way to the elevator.
I'VE will have coffee and cigars in the
gardcn.''
When l had assembled the stairway and
stepped through the scuttle l could hardly
believe that | was on the top of one of the
commonplace brown stone houses of fash
ionable New York. The fiat roof had
been covered with n narrow Slated floor.
ing. Potted plants and shrubs in boxes
delighted the eye, relieved the sharp an
giles OF the caves, and hid the chimneys.
A large marquee, such as we see on
country lawns, protected us from the
sum-, and rugs, cane easy chairs, ham
mocks, two or three small bamboo
tables, and a multitude of Chinese lam
terms made the roof seem a bit of fairy
land.
What do you think of it?" he said
gayly, as we seated ourselves, and his
wife made the coffee in one of those
French balance coffee pots, which make
the best coffee in the world. 1t was
charming, and 1 told him 80.
1T costs no more than a week at a
fashionable hotel would, and it is much
more comfortable. My cooking suits me.
There are no unpleasant people, no wild
rushes for trains or boats, no stuffy little
hotel rooms, no impudent walters. We
have a cool breeze here every night, and
u fine view. See there where the Brook
lyn bridge stretches across the river like u
necklace of diamonds. That cluster of
brilliants is the light tower in Madison
square, and the n just below is Union
square. The little spark off in the bay is
the statue of Liberty, beyond are the
electric lights of st. George and Erastina.
Staten Island. Over there is the Casino,
with its many colored lights on the roof
garden, from which l got my idea, and
beyond it are the twinkling lights of Jer-
sey City and Hoboken. | think it is
rather Jolly myself, " he concluded, mod
estly.
1t was awful jolly, and 1 wonder that
more people do not follow my friends
example. During the evening half q
dozen people dropped in and were shown
up to the roof. Ices and a bottle or two
of wine were served. and when 1 strollec
down the hot city street again 1 coulC
hardly realize that there was such u Jolly
little park high up in the air, where al
the comforts of the city and country
could be combined into such a unique anC
delightful whole.-New York Times.
, 1887-07-29

V~ulcabeston is the name of a new arti,
Gle intending to combine all the valuable
qualities of asbestos and india rubber. 1t
forms a substance of the toughness of
horn, although it can be made of any de-
gree of fleNibility; it is n non-conductoT
of electricity, and stands the severest test
of acids, steam, gases, etc. One of the
most important uses of the new article is
a. a nodded piston rod packing ring,
made to fit any sized rod or stufing box,
and to be sprung in place with a slight
pressure, n or more rings to be used. as
desired, and forming a perfectly tight
steam joint. These rings do not wear
the rod, and they are self lubricating.
Chicago News.
, 1887-07-29

THE revised edition OF the Bible which
was introduced into the religious world
with such a flourish of trumpets, nov lit
tiers the publishers book shelves by the
hundreds of thousand copies. There Is
absolutely no demand for the revised yer
sion, except from persons who have a
curiosity to make comparisons with the
version already in use. Beyond introduce
ing a less raw expression to characterize
hell, very little good seems to have re
suited from the revision, and 1t is not
altogether certain that some harm has not
been done by it.
, 1887-07-29

EVERY little town in the wild West is
bristling with importance over the ex.
pected visit Of President Cleveland in
October. He has so far only decided to
visit st. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City.
This is a great feather in the municipal
headgear of the Kaw metropolis. Omaha
is green with envy and Denver is showing
decided signs of b~iliousness. While in
the West the president should extend his
tour of observation as far as possible, con-
sistent with his other engagements. There
are certain glittering centers of civilization,
such as Omaha, Denver and Cheyenne,
for instance, which he cannot remain
away from and still enjoy an adequate
knowledge of Western thrift, energy and
commercial enterprise. Should the pres
ident conclude to visit Cheyenne we be-
speak for him a riproaring welcome which,
while it may not reach the ponderous pro-
portions of a Chicago jollifcation, will
have an "oh my" attachment TO it that
will fairly warm the heart in his bosom.
, 1887-07-29
RATEs OF


We do not believe that a seyerer COM
ment could be made on the lack OF broad
guage progressiveness in the Republican
party of Ohio than was furnished yester-
DAY in the cordial and enthusiastic en-
dorsement of Governor Foraker for a
second term. People living beyond the
sacred precincts of the western reserve,
but who still know Foraker, are at a loss
to imagine what intellectual endowments
he possesses which should arouse sincere
admiration in the breasts OF people gifted
with an ordinary degree of sanity. Out
side of Ohio he is generally regarded as
an unqualified blatherskite who courts
popular favor at the expense OF his honest
convictions. If he has any. The battle
flag episode stamped him as an unmiti-
gated d~emagogue. While he frothed at
the mouth in simulated Indignation and
threatened to offer his own blood stained
corpse as a first sacrifice to the incoming
rebel hordes, someone sarcastlcally ex-
pressed a fear that Foraker might n
HlIuscll W Nhldua huh Nhuh ONCiU mo
beloved country in ruin.
There is no doubt, however, that Judge
Foraker is a popular man in Ohio to-day.
To a great degree he typifes a spirit of
bigotry and intolerance that is unfortu-
nately too general in that state. He
must be given the credit of knowing the
people of Ohio, and he is willing to pan
der to their narrowest instincts as a e
of floating into public Office. While we
do not mean to say there are not many
enlightened people in Ohio, we do mean
to say that the hard headed bigotry in
troduced from Connecticut in the early
days has not even yet given way to the
advance Of education and modern en-
l~ightment There is no better evidence
of this than that the riotous idiocy dis
played in the so-called ''woman's cru
sadie was sustained by popular senti-
ment and that some of the orig
inal '~'crusaders" are now deifed as
though they had accomplished a far
reaching reformation in morals.
One can conceive that a human icicle
like Sherman, with Sherman's brains,
might arouse admiration, but AS to For,
aker, faugh
Sherman now goes before the people
with the endorsement of Ohio for the
Republican presidential nomination, but
we believe he will still fail in his ambition
for the reason that the Ohio idee" hal
no widespread popularity in this enlight
ened country, a fortunate circumstance
we may add, for the good OF the country
, 1887-07-29

Mr.. I. w. Atkins, Girard, Kas.
writes: II never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers,
they give entire satisfaction and are rapid
sellers" Electric Bittcrs are the purest
and best medicine known and will posi-.
lively cure Kidney and Liver complaints.
Purify the blood and regulate the bowels.
No family can afford to be without them.
They will save hundreds of dollars in doc,
tors bills every year. Sold at fifty cents
a bottle by w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-07-29
SPEAKER CARL1sLE thinks that the re

SPEAKER CARLISLE thinks that the re-
nomination OF President Cleveland is n
foregone conclusion, and, in his opinion,
such an action is ''the wisest and best
thing" the Democratic party can do. Mr..
Blaine he regards as able to secure the
Republican nomination if he wants it"
but is not yet certain that he will take it,
because Blaine will never again receive
such a vote as he received in 1884 The
country has had time to think. the
speaker adds, time to compare the i'd
ministration which Mr.. Cleveland has
actually given it with the administration
which Mr.. Blaine would probably have
given it, and the result is that Cleveland
is much stronger than he was in 1884 and
Blaine much weaker" Regarding the
probable issues OF the campaign MIR. Car
Isle Of course believes that unless taxa
ton is reduced and the revenue cut down
10 such an extent as to prevent a large
accumulation OF money in the treasury the
tariff question viii inevitably be a very
prominent one in the next canvass. 1t
probably Will, anyhow, but Mr.. Carlisle
does not say this.
, 1887-07-29

DAVENPORT. Denver, Omaha and
Cheyenne enjoyed a temperature Of go
yesterday. This is an unusual tempera-
ture for Cheyenne, but where we have
the immense advantage is in the cool
nights which recuperate whatever energy
may have been lost during the day. If
there is all in all a more perfect summer
climate on the face of the habitable globe
than that afforded by Cheyenne we would
like to know where to find it.
, 1887-07-29

NONN triHe with any Throat or
DoN Lung Disease. II you have
q Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Croupo or whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and 59c
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-07-29
The AEARI.

The heart hath chambers twain
Wherein do dwell
Twin brothers, Joy and Pain.
When waketh Joy in one,
Still calmly
Pain slumbers in his own.
o Joy, thy bliss restrain,
Speak softly,
Lest thou shOuld'st waken Pain.
From the German.
, 1887-07-29

ILonIsVIIe Uourier-JournaI.
The late Mr.. Krupp lived in a three
story house, and he might have put a big
cannon on top of it but he did not. A
mar may be rich and powerful without
putting on scallops.
, 1887-07-29
JeaIousIes VIII Crop out.

lNtM u hoTlu.l
The Chicago Tribune declares that the
president will receive "a real Chicago wei
come" if he shall visit that city, and now
the Jealous st. Louis people say hat such
a threat is enough to drive the president
awou
, 1887-07-29

The liver and kidneys must be kept il
good condition. Hoods Sarsaparilla is
great remedy for regulating these organs
, 1887-07-29
PITH IN

VIII BE Decided In Next Congress.
louisville Courier-Journal.l
The next presidential contest will be
decided in congress next winter.
, 1887-07-29

One paper says a little insect got into
Mrs. Cleyeland's eye and caused infam-
nation. She didn't turn the rascal out
soon enough.